EUROPEAN UNION GIVES MADURO ULTIMATUM

Giving 55-year-old Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum, the European Union now recognizes 35-year-old National Assembly leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president. EU officials gave Maduro until Midnight, Feb. 4 to call new presidential elections...

MADURO CLINGS TO POWER WITH RUSSIAN HELP

As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clings to power, Russian President Vladimir and Chinese President Xi Jinping are his biggest supporters, largely because of billions in loans to the country’s oil infrastructure. U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown his support...

TRUMP READY TO DECLARE BORDER EMERGENCY

President Donald Trump inches closer to declaring a national emergency on the Mexican border to allocate the cash need to complete parts of a border barrier. With the clock ticking on a deal before Feb. 15, it looks like Democrats on a bipartisan House-Senate...